In both excerpts, the phrase "dying fall" most likely means that "the sounds are fading." In Shakespeare's excerpt, the phrase describes a musical quality that evokes a sense of beauty and melancholy, suggesting a gradual diminishing of sound. Likewise, in Prufrock's excerpt, it refers to voices that also fade away, reinforcing the idea of a quiet or diminishing presence. Thus, the correct interpretation in both contexts is that the sounds are fading.
Read the excerpt from Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare.
If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour!
Now read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
What does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts?
The noise is jarring.
The noise is soothing.
The sounds are fading.
The sounds are too loud.
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Based on "How We Entered World War I," which detail explains why the sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to enter World War I?
The Lusitania carried ammunition as well as nonmilitary passengers.
The Germans began using submarine warfare.
The ship was torpedoed without warning.
Of the 1,195 passengers killed, 124 were from the United States.
The Lusitania carried ammunition as well as nonmilitary passengers.
The Germans began using submarine warfare.
The ship was torpedoed without warning.
Of the 1,195 passengers killed, 124 were from the United States.
The detail that explains why the sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to enter World War I is: Of the 1,195 passengers killed, 124 were from the United States. This loss of American lives was a significant factor in swaying public opinion and motivating the U.S. government to consider entering the war.
Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s speech, “War Message to Congress.”
On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.
It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
Who is the intended audience of this speech?
the Germans
Congress and the American people
the enemy
the Allies
On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.
It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
Who is the intended audience of this speech?
the Germans
Congress and the American people
the enemy
the Allies
The intended audience of President Woodrow Wilson's speech, “War Message to Congress,” is Congress and the American people. The speech was delivered to Congress to seek approval for a declaration of war, and it also aimed to rally and inform the American public about the reasons for entering the war.
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
How is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue?
The narrator is using long, interconnected sentences.
The narrator is able to see into two character’s heads.
The narrator is addressing the audience directly.
The narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic.
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
How is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue?
The narrator is using long, interconnected sentences.
The narrator is able to see into two character’s heads.
The narrator is addressing the audience directly.
The narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic.
This excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is an example of dramatic monologue because the narrator is addressing the audience directly. In a dramatic monologue, the speaker reveals their thoughts and feelings while speaking to a specific listener or audience, and in this case, Prufrock addresses the audience and shares his inner thoughts and observations.
Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s speech, “War Message to Congress”.
On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.
It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
Which best states if the speech is effective or ineffective?
ineffective because it still involves the U.S. in a World War
effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war
effective because President Wilson is a good, strong speaker
ineffective because the speech made Congress angry
On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.
It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
Which best states if the speech is effective or ineffective?
ineffective because it still involves the U.S. in a World War
effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war
effective because President Wilson is a good, strong speaker
ineffective because the speech made Congress angry
The statement that best describes the effectiveness of the speech is: effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war. In his speech, Wilson articulates the moral implications and the broader humanitarian concerns associated with the German submarine warfare, appealing to both the emotions and values of Congress and the American public as he makes the case for entering World War I.
How does President Wilson organize paragraph 8 of "Wilson's War Message to Congress"?
It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
He details events in chronological order.
He describes a clear cause-and-effect situation.
He compares and contrasts his reluctance to go to war.
He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
He details events in chronological order.
He describes a clear cause-and-effect situation.
He compares and contrasts his reluctance to go to war.
He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
President Wilson organizes paragraph 8 of "Wilson's War Message to Congress" by stating a main idea and offering details to make his point. In this paragraph, Wilson expresses the weight of the decision to lead the nation into war and outlines the moral values that justify this action, such as democracy and the rights of nations, ultimately emphasizing the necessity to fight for these principles.
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